The Turkish army said on Tuesday that its artillery units had shelled Islamic State (ISIS) positions in Syria, after receiving rocket fire that killed seven people and wounded 11 others.
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The ceasefire in Syria worked out by Russian Federation and the United States took effect on February 27. The Kilis governor’s office said eight people were hurt and two of them were in serious condition.
Artillery from Syria wounded at least four people in the border town of Kilis, security sources said.
The Anadolu Agency said “terrorists” affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, attacked a police station Monday night in the town of Hani in the Diyarbakir region.
A Syrian journalist who opposed Islamic State group jihadists was in intensive care on Sunday after being shot in the head by a masked gunman in southern Turkey, reports and activists said.
Kilis, which is home to large numbers of Syrian refugees, has suffered repeatedly from cross-border shelling.
Turkey was quick to back the rebels when the Syrian Civil War began, and their territory has been a primary route for rebels to smuggle arms and fighters in.
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The Turkish armed forces often respond to such attacks by firing at targets in Syria.
